UN mulls deploying forces in Mali
By Agencies in United States and Paris | China Daily | Updated:  2013-02-02 08:09
 
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 Malian soldiers leave Timbuktu in a pickup truck on Thursday. Mali's president has offered to open talks with Tuareg rebels in a bid for national reconciliation after a French-led offensive drove their Islamist former allies into mountain hideaways. Benoit Tessier / Reuters  | 
Original plan for contingent now updated
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